Originally Posted by oksewglad

I've been wondering what you've been up to--now I know. I would like to give this block a try. Just used neutrals and blues to make the quilt quick in EQ, but a scrappy look can be used. Like a log cabin it can be turned to get a new look to the quilt. This is a 10" block, but add another pair of logs for a 12" block or as many pair to get the size you want .

Originally Posted by Wonnie

The first thing I would do is set up an ironing space in front of the TV and start ironing them and separating them into colors......time consuming, yes, but it gives you something to do during the lengthy commercials. For me, this alone would provide endless inspiration realizing that they not only can be used, as is, for quilts but that the 2 1/2" strips can be cut down into 2" x 2" squares for single and double Irish chain quilts,

Originally Posted by w1613s

Oh, the bags took my breath away! I seem to be enchanted by 2 1/2" strips. I learned to piece using Seminole piecing methods and strips are very much a part of that. Another thing about SP is that you don't have to have a specific project. Fabric is pieced in what amounts to wider strips and those strips have no particular length - they end when you quit piecing that particular set of smaller strips. You can use your new, wider strip in conjunction with other wide strips you have made or roll it up and save it for use later. Some rolls I have seen go on for what seems to be miles. And, at least parts of them, can be kept as an archive of color, placement, prefrence, etc.

My first pieced strips are hanging in my sewing room. Horrible, unSeminole colors. Huge patterns. But pleasing to me. Funny, some good points (literally) and some not so good.

One thing I like about piecing with this "sew 'til you quit" approach is that I seem to just like sitting down to the sewing machine and simply sew. No project. Just me and the machine and the threads and fabrics and the peace and all the "possibilities" for sewing, color, shape, use, etc. running through my head.

I just erased a tale of what happens in the house when I just sit and sew. Much shortened: My children, now that they are married and have homes of their own, finally told me that my "just sew" time gave them feelings of peace and security. All was right with their world. All of our cats for all the years (46) (Ye gods! So many?!) appeared in my sewing room. Everyone had/has a spot and there they stay. Even as tiny kittens. But for some cattish reasons, they actively want to be there.

Think about "just sewing." You don't have to SP. Try manufactured fabric. Make blocks. Or just blobs that can become blobs.

Oh, your bags took my breath away!

Pat

Pat

Originally Posted by justflyingin

I've been cutting up some scraps.


These are each 120 liters (approx. 30 gallons) trash bags. They are full of either 2.5" strips or subcut into 2.5" blocks already.

I realize than any jelly roll patterns would work, but do you have any fantastic ideas for using these up?

I just saw a "Beach Ball quilt" that someone posted here. I'll put that on my list. I can pull coordinated or contrasting strips from these bags. I have plenty of white or off white to use.

Any pictures or names of quilt patterns that use primarily 2.5" strips or squares would be appreciated.